688 Action Items Found

Inputs 1.3.2
Implement a state tax credit for farmers and others who donate surplus food. Currently, there is no state tax credit for food donation and only C-corporations are eligible for the federal enhanced tax credits and most Massachusetts farmers do not meet these criteria.[2]

Inputs 1.3.3
Explore and implement financial incentives and service fees to support food donation distributors, many of which rely exclusively on charitable donations to fund their work.

Inputs 1.3.5
Increase participation in existing education and training around the handling of fresh food for those donating, distributing, and serving the food. Best management practices are being developed through a collaborative effort of the EPA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health(DPH), and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), with support from Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Center for Ecological Technology.

Inputs 1.4.6
Advance and incentivize smaller-scale anaerobic digestion technology installations for farms, schools, supermarkets and at other sites such as state prisons and colleges and universities.

Inputs 1.5.1
Expand the variety of composting site locations, capabilities (including technologies to separate packaging as well as livestock carcasses), and scales able to handle the range of compost materials.

Inputs 1.5.5
Develop compost sites that reduce nuisance conditions, while still producing a viable soil amendment product from the process.

Inputs 1.5.6
Create a state procurement preference for Massachusetts-produced compost. State contracts and other large purchasers should specify the type and quality of compost for varying uses (e.g., athletic fields, holding slopes).

Inputs 1.5.7
Include Massachusetts-produced compost in marketing efforts for locally produced agricultural products.

Inputs 1.5.8
Provide technical assistance to small-scale composters to help prepare and package compost so it is ready for distribution and retail sale.